‘Viability of using asymmetry of peripheral muscle oxygenation status in Stroke patients using muscle NIRS (upper and lower limb)’: A Pilot Study

The project team would like to assess the ‘Viability of Asymmetric diagnostic of peripheral muscle haemodynamic status in Stroke patients using mNIRS (upper and lower limb)’. We would like to do this using mNIRS (Artinis Portamon) to non-invasively assess the peripheral muscle haemodynamic status (THb, HHb, O2Hb) of the upper and lower limbs, whilst verifying some of the vascular changes using gold standard flow mediated dilation via ultrasound. The proposed project will aim to improve the methodologies that could be adopted to help physical recovery strategies following a stroke. The proposed project team is made up of academics from UON and university of Suffolk.

This pilot study is aiming to assess the 'Viability of identifying the differences in peripheral muscle oxygenation (mNIRS) status between limbs (left and right) in Stroke patients using mNIRS (upper and lower limb)’.
We would like to do this by using a portable mNIRS (Artinis Portamon) to non-invasively assess the muscle oxygenation status (Oxygenation, deoxygenation and total) of the upper and lower limbs, whilst verifying some of the vascular changes using gold standard flow mediated dilation via ultrasound. The proposed project will aim to improve the methodologies that could be adopted to help physical recovery strategies following a stroke. The proposed project team is made up of academics from UON and university of Suffolk.